Trousers-guard



(N0 Model.)

a. SULZNER. TROUSERS GUARD.

No. 479,229 Patented July 19, 1892.

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v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES SULZNER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TROUSERS-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,229, dated July 19, 1892. Application filed February 27, 1892 Serial No. 423,010. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES SULzNER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Trousers-Guards, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawlngs.

My invention consists of a device whereby trousers may be folded about the ankle, more particularly to be guarded from contact with adjacent parts of a bicycle, &c., the device when in use being concealed, as will be hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a a trousers-guard embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the guard as primarily applied to the trousers. Fig. 3 represents a side view of a portion of a pair of trousers having the guard in position therein, the same being concealed and shown in dotted lines. Fig. 4 represents a horizontal section thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a guard or holder, the same consisting of the body B, having at one end the hook O and the prong D and at the other end the spurs E, said prong and spurs projecting horizontally lllOIJPOSltG directions, and said prong and hook being on opposite sides of the crossbar G of said body. Near the hook O are spurs F F, which project inwardly or rearwardly from the body 13 and are secured thereto.

The body I) and spurs E are formed of a continuous piece of wire; but it is evident that a plate of sheet metal or other material may be substituted for the wire without de-' parting from my. invention.

The operation is as follows: The guard is located on thetrousers at or about the ankle portion thereof in somewhat horizontal position and the hook G stuck into the garment. The portion of the trousers that is to be folded is now turned over that occupied by the guard, whereby the prongs E enter the garment, and the turned-over portion of the latter is then engaged with the prong D, it being seen that the guard is concealed, and the trousers are reliably held in folded condition by the same, the disengagement of the guard from the two parts of the fold of the trousers being prevented, owing to hook C and prong D, and the dropping of the same being furthermore prevented, owing to the spursE and F,which engage with the trousers independently of the other fastenings. The end of the body at which the spurs E are located is formed with shoulders E, which act as stops to limit the degree of penetration into the fabric by said spurs, the same result being accomplished at the other end by the cross-bar G of the body,where the prong D is located. Then the outer fold of the trousers is disconnected from the prong D, it may be restored to its normal condition and the guard readily removed by proper manipulation of the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A trousers-guard having a body with shoulders at one end and spurs laterally projecting from said shoulders and a prong'and a hook projecting from the other end of the body, said prong and hook projecting in opposite direction to said spurs, and the parts being combined substantially as described.

2. A trousers-guard formed of wire and having a body with shoulders at one end with spurs and provided at the other end with a prong and hook and spurs intermediate of said end spurs and hook, the end spurs projecting in an opposite direction to said prong and hook, and said parts being combined substantially as described.

3. A trousers-guard consisting of a body with the shoulders E and laterally-projecting spurs E on one end thereof, the hook C and laterally-projecting prong D at the other end of the body, and the inwardly-projecting spurs F, secured to the body near said prong and hook, said parts being combined substantially as described.

CHARLES SULZNER.

WVitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. JENNINGS. 

